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Time in Houston, Texas, United States now

12:23:57AM

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Sun: ↑ 06:27AM ↓ 08:09PM (13h 42m) - More info - Make Houston time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Houston

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
The time in Houston is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Houston can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Houston is America/Chicago.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Houston

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Houston

Sunrise: 06:27AM
Sunset: 08:09PM
Day length: 13h 42m
Solar noon: 01:18PM
The current local time in Houston is 78 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Houston on the map

Location: Texas, United States
Latitude: 29.76. Longitude: -95.36
Population: 2,314,000
Elevation: 10 m

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Best restaurants in Houston

#1 JINYA Ramen Bar - Katy - Ramen and japanese food
#2 Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen {Rosenberg} - Mexican and soups food
#3 Escalante's Fine Tex-Mex - Mexican and southwestern food

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